Enzo Ferrari Giallo Modena construction - Page 2

rjwood_uk · 02-03-2006

seeing as you can see the engine on the enzo do you guys think its worth giving it a couple of coats of gloss to make it gleem?

**Bunkerbarge** · 02-03-2006

It depends on whether you want the model finished as a usable vehicle or as a concours entry.

I would always prefer the realistic optiion so I would avoid gloss on metallic finishes and use a combination of silver, gunmetal, metallic greys etc to simulate real metallic castings. Then a bit of shadow work and maybe dry brush a bit of carefull highlights and the engine will look very realistic.

I always used to do bike engines with metallic grey and gunmetal and then mix a bit of silver into them to use as dry brush medium.

rjwood_uk · 02-03-2006

yes by i was thinking i might go for the show car look

**Bunkerbarge** · 03-03-2006

Experiment first with scrap until you are happy to apply the paint to your model.

I would take great care with gloss on an engine as the danger could be that it ends up looking like a plastic toy.

adzam · 04-03-2006

not many ( if any ?) of teh components in teh engine area are polished to a shine finish, cam covers being cast show the rough crackle effect of teh cast finish, the exhausts are alloy more a satin finish and teh carbon covers on the cam covers tend to have more of a satin finish also .

have a look here for some inspiration http://www.seriouswheels.com/def/Fer...e-1280x960.htm

rjwood_uk · 04-03-2006

well, the engine is done, mounted onto the brace with the rear suspension and brakes on there also. please excuse the quality of the pic, my camera does not like taking close ups.

rjwood_uk · 04-03-2006

here is the frame, all the right bits painted and the front suspension, brakes and a few little electric boxes mounted.

a little tip....if a Tamiya kit asks you to paint a piece that is already black with Semi-Gloss Black (xf-18....i think?) dont bother, it dries the exact colour and texture as the plastic so its a waste of time and paint. if there are other bit to paint other colours, do them and if you mess up a bit, just touch up with the xf-18.

rjwood_uk · 04-03-2006

here is the dividing section with window, engine and mufler all mounted to the frame.

another little tip. if you have a steady hand and a good brush, dont bother using tamiya masking seals they provide with kits to do the windows. They are a nice idea but they always curl up and a pain in the back-side to get on in the first place let-alone straight. then they are always a little to big, and no matter how much you press them down a little bit of paint will seep under them.

so, if you have a steady hand and a good brush, use them!

**Bunkerbarge** · 05-03-2006

That's coming along very nicely Richard. I think you have enough differrent metallic finishes on the engine to keep the realism.

rjwood_uk · 19-03-2006

can a mod please delete this thread as i wont be able to continue with it, my parents have gone away, taking the digital camera with them.

i have contued making the model so the whole idea of this thread is gone.

the next one i do i shal do a build process thread on it.